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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is wrong with the black man's mother?
(a) She is senile.
(b) She hurt her arm.
(c) She had a stroke.
(d) She has pneumonia.

2. Where did Sophie go before having lunch with a friend?
(a) Otto's office.
(b) Charlie's house.
(c) A store.
(d) The park.

3. Why does Cynthia seek out Otto's help?
(a) She is being sued by her neighbor.
(b) Her father died without leaving a will.
(c) Her son is in prison because of a frame job.
(d) Her husband is beating her.

4. Whose idea is it to dissolve the partnership between Otto and Charlie?
(a) Otto's.
(b) Charlie's.
(c) Ruth's.
(d) Leon's.

5. What is Sophie doing when Otto comes home after Sophie's lunch?
(a) Cooking.
(b) Crying.
(c) Sleeping.
(d) Writing.

6. What does Sophie drink with her pill?
(a) Scotch.
(b) Wine.
(c) Whiskey.
(d) Milk.

7. How does Charlie describe life?
(a) Unending.
(b) Desperate.
(c) Unruly.
(d) Upsetting.

8. What does Claire's apartment remind Sophie of?
(a) Prohibition.
(b) A boarding school.
(c) A prison.
(d) The 1930s.

9. Who did Sophie have lunch with after her night with Charlie?
(a) Tanya.
(b) Claire.
(c) Charlie.
(d) Francis.

10. How much money does Otto give the black man?
(a) $21.
(b) $11.
(c) $31.
(d) $41.

11. What does the bell ringing in the hospital mean?
(a) Business hours are over.
(b) An emergency patient is coming.
(c) Someone has died.
(d) There is an infectious disease there.

12. Where does Sophie get her prescription filled?
(a) The hospital.
(b) A pharmacy.
(c) A drug store.
(d) Her doctor's office.

13. What distracts Sophie from going to the hospital in Chapter 9?
(a) The black man.
(b) Her pain.
(c) Otto's complaints.
(d) Their dinner plans.

14. What is the name of Cynthia's husband?
(a) Adam.
(b) Abe.
(c) Arnold.
(d) Arthur.

15. What part of town does Sophie think is rather ugly?
(a) Brooklyn.
(b) Queens.
(c) The Upper East Side.
(d) Manhattan.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Otto obsessed with in Chapter 12?

2. What is Cynthia's last name?

3. What does Sophie dream about when she sleeps after her husband comes home from the ASPCA?

4. How did Otto feel when he heard Sophie went out with Charlie?

5. What does Sophie's father say people should do when speaking?

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